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The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
IN THE TECHE COUNTRY.
Grand Scenery In the Far-Famed Land of
 the Acadians.

the Acadians.
 The panorama is always interesting. There are wide silvery expenses of water, into which fall the shadows of great trees. A tug is dragging along a tow of old rafts composed of cypress logs all water-soaked, green with weeds and grass, so that it looks like a floating garden. What pictures! Clusters of oaks on the prairie; a picturesque old cotton-press; house matched with palmettoes; rice fields irrigated by pumps; darkies, field hands, men and women, hoeing Tn the cane fields, giving stalwart strokes that exhibit their robust figures; an old sugar-mill in ruin and vine-draped; an old begass chimney against the sky; an antique cotton-press with its moulder- ing roof supported on timbers; a darky on mule motionless on the bank, clad in Attakapas cloth, his slouch hat falling about his head like a roof from which the rafters have been withdrawn; palmettOs, oaks and funereal moss; lines of Spanish bayonets; rickety wharves; primitive boats; spider-legged bridges. Neither on the Teche nor the Atchafalaya, nor on the great plain near the Mississippi, fit for amphibious creatures, where one standing on the level wonders to see the wheels of the vast river steamers above him, apparently without cause revolving, is there any lack of the | picturesque.
 New Iberia, the thriving part of the region, which has drawn away the life from St. Martinsville, ten miles further up the bayou, is a village mainly of small frame houses, with a smart court house, lively business street, few pretty houses, and some old man. sions on the bank of the bayou, half smothered in old rose gardens, the ground in the rear sloping to the water under the shade of gigantic oaks. One of them, which with its outside stair cases in the pillared gallery suggests | Spanish taste on the outside, and in the interior the arrangement of con- meeting rooms French chateau, has a self-keeping rose garden, where one might easily become sentimental; the vines disport themselves like holiday children, climbing the trees, the side of the house, and revelling in an abandon of color and perfume. = Charles Dudley Warner, 70 Harper' 8 ] MdJaziRe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
BY RAIL TO THE oxUs.
Une of the Most Romantic Chapters in
 the Story of Modern Progress.

Une of the Most Romantic Chapters in
 the Story of Modern Prosress.
 The poets of Asia have sung for cen turies of the beauty and fruitfulness of the Zarafchan valley. The ,fact that the environs of Samarcand,' Bokhara and Khiva are among the most fertile in the world has counted for little in their development, for almost painless deserts separate them from the lands that would gladly buy their produce. Steam cars, however, have come at last to supersede the costly camel cara vans that, since the Czar overpowered the Kanates, have often been sent to the Russian frontier.
 When it was announced short time ago that the Trans-Caspian railroad had reached the Amu-Daria at Chard- iui, the telegraph from Khiva and Box hara at once reported that number of caravans were loading with silks, leath- CT, furs, carpets and wool, which they would take to Chardiui en route for Europe. MT. Lansdell told us two years ago that Central Asian cotton was of fine quality and could be raised in enormous quantities. It now appears that as soon as it was positively known that the railroad would be advanced to the Amu-Daria, the planting of cotton in Bokhara was very sensibly augment ed. Thus the pulse of Western commerce are beginning to be felt in the remoter regions of the Moham- medan world, revivifying countries long dormant that in the age of Alex ander the Great were the seat of an ad- vanced and powerful civilization.
 The ruins still exist of those great canals that centuries ago led the waters of the Murghab throughout the Merv oasis, fertilizing the soil and fitting it to be the abiding place of large and fiourishing population. Since the rail- road reached Merv the TurkOmans there have begun the work of cleaning out and restoring these old works of irrigation, and the day is rapidly com ing when ancient Merv will lose the sad and arid aspect that now predom- mates in all its borders. The railroad that General Annenkoff pushed forward through pillows of sand and a treeless desert will be the means of restoring to Merv the verdure and fertility she once possessed.
 The history of this railroad enter prise. which is kindling the spirit of the western world amid the ruins of q dead civilization of the far East, is destined to make one of the most inter- esting and romantic chapters in the story of modern progress.-M '. Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26

house. An enormously-stuffed mail bag hung over one shoulder, protrud- ing like gigantic carbuncle, and over the other was borne a horn well calculated to perform the duty required of it.
 By this time all the little darkies on the farm had gathered about the yard to witness Boney's entry. To insure their admiration and prove himself master of his instrument, our hero raised the horn to his lips, and blew a blast which fairly shook the hills.
 Alasl ''the best laid schemes O little darkies gang aft aglee." The donkey. jealous of this imitation of his music, bent his head to earth, his heels to heaven, and laid the young Napoleon low. Then, with bray of victory, brandished his hind legs over his prostrate rival, and set off at gallop for the stable.
 Boney for moment meditated play ing 'possum, and pretending to be killed by the fall, but a glance at Uncle LldS, WuO uOW oNOOPCu NO"u upon him, convinced Napolean Bonaparte that discretion is the better part of valor, and he took to ignominious flight.
 Next day he visited the stable at an hour when he was not likely to encoun- ter Uncle 'Lias, and immediately a series of deep bass notes resounded through the air.
 'Come here, Boney," shouted some one from the house. "What are you about, you young rascalP"
 II punishin' at mis' able beas'," re piled Boney. proudly.
 And pray what was the punish ment?''
 "Why, jes' tied hin up in de stable, close 'gainst de wall, en' den 1 fotch de hawn en' stuck it in fro de winder. Well, I kep' on a-blowin' dat hawn in his year 'twell he mos 'stracted, 'en he ain't gwine cut up no mo capers wid me after dis, sho's you bawn- :"
 So, after all, this time the victory was Napoleon 's.-Pattie Pensberton Der mann, is Golden Days.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
INSTEAD OF HANGING.
What Electricians Say of Taking Life by
 Means of Battery.

Means of a Battery.
 An electrician at the Edison building, in Pearl street, where electricity is manufactured for Illuminating pur- poses, was asked how people might be killed with neatness and dispatch by electricity. He said that it was the easiest matter in the world. All con- demned man would have to do at the hour and moment when he was to leave the world for brighter climes, would be to take hold of two wires, one,connected with positive battery and the other with negative battery. Acting thus as a conductor between the two wires the electricity would go through him like stroke of lightning. He would die in an infnitesimal fraction of a second. His taking off would be as painless as it was sudden. He would never know what had hit him.
 He might stand on two plates, re. ceive the electric current through his toes and die with his boots on. He might sit in chair with his feet rest ing on the plates, and die comfortably.
 Killing the condemned by electricity is a humane, civilized and scientific way of disposing of them. A man is usually sixteen minutes dying at the end of hangman's rope, and he usn- ally suffers a great deal before death comes to relieve him. A one-cell bat tery would kill all the prisoners who will ever be hanged in the Tombs under the present law. The only peo- pie opposed to the use of electricity in capital punishment are the hangmen, and they are opposed to it because it would throw them out of work. If the gallowses are taken down all the hang men in the country will strike.-M y sStdr
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
OUR TRAMP.
How and Why He Frightened a Whois
 Household.

HOW ana why he friSnteneu A HhoAT
 Household.
 In ''the long ago." when was child. my parents went away for visit and to remain all night. Sister Essie was a young lady and there were two brothers younger than she. After many directions concerning things about the house the dear mother said to Essie:
 'I think, dear, you had better sleep in my room, so you can look more conveniently after the fire"
 Mothers room was off the sitting loom and that opened on a porch. When bedtime came the boys, Will and Robert went upstairs as usual and Essie and I went to bed in mothers room. I had fancied it would be great treat to sleep there, but somehow when the light was out l was afraid Essie soothed and comforted' me and finally began telling me a story, when suddenly, without so much as footfall, two distinct raps were heard on the porch door. Essie sprang up, lit the candle (yes, before the days of kerosene,) dressed and stepped into the large room and asked: ''Who is there?" No reply, but again those peculiar knocks.
 Taking my hand she hurried me along to our brothers chamber and told them to get up as some one was trying to come in the house by the porch. They soon dressed, and fol- lowed us to the large room and hsten- ed. The knocking was repeated and Will took the poker, Rob a stick of wood, Essie the broom and I-weH 1 just took hold of Essie's gown Will stepped to the door and asked again who was there and what he wanted. I'Sdll no reply; and he cautiously un- fastened the door, opened it the least bit, but could see no one. Asking Rob to bring the lantern-a clumsy, per forated tin affair, with tallow candle illuminator-he prepared to go out.
 Don't go, Will! please don't!" Essie said.
 But I must; and if it is only some one trying to scare us he must look out, that is all. "
 Opening the door wide he made a rush just in time to see a figure, all in white, scramble off the porch. Will followed, raised the poker, but did not strike
 Hello! it is you, is it? you miserable old ganderr' and he caught the culprit by the neck and brought him forward for inspection.
 True enough. it was only old Romeo. the lawless leader of our flock of geese During the past winter the sole wish of his life seemed to be the occupancy of the porch. If a gate were left open he was the first to discover it, and with an exuItant chuckle in he would waddle with all his retainers. Finally he be- came such a nuisance the boys decided to confne him, with the others in close pen, where they had been since morning. But Romeo had managed to escape only to find he had no followers and that he could not get back to them to sleep. Evidently disgusted and homesick, he had sought the porch. where crouching on the threshold he had slept nodded and consequently knocked. d.-DetroI Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26

tected in various places" And ih the Cretaceous rocks some of the forami- nifera are the same as those now dredged up from the bottom of the ocean.
 As we ascend the scale of time, leav- ing behind us the shadowy realms of the far past, and come to the most re- cent rocks, we find the labors of the geologist mingled with those of the archeologist and historian. In their united labors we have a cord of three fold strand to-draw up the full buckets of knowledge from the wells of the past. In the study of the caves, the three sciences alluded to overlap, and their devotees work together. Volumes of interest ing lore, fascinating as the legends of fairyland or the magic tales of Arabia, are there written in the hieroglyphics of vaulted dome and hanging stalactite, of buried bone and coin and imple- ment of varied use. The many races of men who inhabited the land in pre- historic times appear again on the scene; something of their manner of life is revealed. Again they hunt the mammoth bison and bear over the broad plains and through the thick forests. At one time we see them using the dog, the horse and the hare for food. Strange revolutions have taken place in this matter of diet. The dog early passed out of favor, and its use has not been revived. The horse was used as food in Roman Britain and after the English invasion; it was afterwards forbidden by the church, because used by the | Scandinavians in honor of their god Odin; now, it is used in France and other countries. The Britons, how ever, would not eat the hare-it was held to be unlawful to do so. The re- volving hand of time has changed this, and we now accept the hare as fit for | food.
 Even the rude artists of those prim- itive times when man was cave dweller have left us specimens of | their skill In the caves of DordOgne, in the south of France, are found horns and bones with spirited carvings of reindeer, bison, lbex, and birds done upon them. One of the most inter- esting of these relies is the portrait of a mammoth carved on the tusk of the same, from the cave of La Madelaine, in Dordogne. Simple as these artistic attempts are, they tell us that man was not uItocetlicr- rrncivfffzed. This must be admitted, even if we regard these carvings as the most advanced art of that day, which, perhaps, we have no right to do.
 What part of the art of to-day will be recorded in the stony pages of the geo. logical future? Not the highest, as suredly; and so it may have been in the past. The bold and striking, though simple, likeness of the man. moth seems to tell us that the artist had seen and hunted full often. We see him sitting at the entrance of his cave after the excitement of the chase and the satisfaction of the subsequentfe feast, engraving the likeness of the animal on its own tusk! Thus, as the painter takes simple mineral powders and vege- table extracts, and with them makes upon the canvas eloquent glow ing pictures of life, so imagination works up the dry bones of fact until the past is again enacted before us.- | Chambers Journal
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
SETTING HENS.
Timely Suggestions on the Proper Prep
 aration of Nests, Etc.

Timely Suggestions on the Proper Prep
 aration of Nests, Etc.
 Nests for setting hens are best on the ground, but where this is not feasible put some clean, moist soil in the bot tom of the nests. A good plan is to cut a sod of suitable size, turn it over in your box and pack so as to be of a concave shape in the center; then cover the earth with straw broken short. In very cold weather mix a good propor- tion of feathers in the nest-lining- chicken feathers may be saved for this purpose-and put spoonful of sul- phur in when the hen is set. The heat of the fowls causes the fumes to pene- trate every part of their bodies, thereby killing all vermin and leaving the brood clean and healthy. Never set eggs laid near the close of the season when the hens have been very prolific, as they will produce weakly chicks lia- ble to disease and early death. In ar ranging nests remember that the nature of the fowls is to hide their nests under brush heap or some out of the way place, and humor this habit by provid- ing nests so sheltered or hidden that they seem to offer seclusion and quiet.
 Set fresh, fertile eggs, and you will have fine, vigorous chicks if the hen does her duty. Sprinkle the eggs with tepid water every few days when the hen leaves for food and rest; this is the se- cret of stolen nests turning out almost every egg. The hen leaves the nest early in the morning, vets herself with dew or water, and at her return shakes her wet feathers over her eggs. Many young chicks are lost at hatching time because the little things eXpend all their strength in trying to get out of the tough lining of the shell, and die of ex- haustion. So don't neglect to give a thorough wetting the last day before matching, and do not apply any sulphur the last week of incubation. In sum- mer provide for ample ventilation and also for coolness around the nesting places.-American Agriculturist.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
BEHIND THE VAIL.

Behind her vail, behind her vail, Adown the street my lady glides; We know not whether rose or pale The cheek that floating fabric hides. 1t may be smiles, it may be tears That safe from sight the tissue holds. The flush of youth, the lines of years, Alike are hidden meath it's folds. Behind vail, behind vail,
 We hide our lives from friend and foe; To smile and jest we never fail, Though heart and sense are steeped in woe Beneath calm reserve of pride Concealed alike are love and hate; Our noblest impulse oft we chide, And thus we masquerade with Fate. Behind a vail, behind vail
 God hides the future from our eyes; We know not if the chilling gale Or golden suns behind it rise. The joys that thrill, the griefs that blight Alike are shrouded from our ken; With Him, ''whatever is, is right We can but humbly say, Amen"
 -HdFriet SDssdd, iR Current.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
PITH AND POINT.

There is altogether too much bus1- ness about rheumatism for it ever to become a fashionable complaint. - Washington Critic.
 -He-You don't sing or playP Then, I presume, you write or paint? She O, no; I'm like the young men we meet in society," simply sit around and try to look intelligent. BGzar.
 Mans wants.-
 Man wants but little here below
 Of wealth's bright golden calf;
 But when he gets the horns and heels
 He wants the other half
 -Gorhdm M0lS1atGineer.
 The largest diamond known is that of the Raiah of Mattan, in Borneo. It is not stated whether MT. Rajah is a summer-resort hotel clerk or an end man in a minstrel troupe. .-NorristooOn Herald.
 Little boy pulls reveler in sa- loon by the coat-tail. "What do you want, Tommy?' "Come home, pa. Ma has been waiting with the poker for you for the last two hours. "-TeraS Sittings.
 A mesalliauce at Tuxedo-Mrs. Rapide-Aren't you going to join us after the bag this morning, Tom? MT. Rapide (who does not believe in his wife's infatuation)-Thanks, no dear. I've got to stay at home and do little sewing. TTd-BitS.
 Omaha teacher-What is the great distinction between men and animals? Bright girl-Men can talk and animals can't That is not sufficient, though, because scientists now assert that mon- keys can talk" 70 yes, of course; so can dudes. Onaha World.
 Mrs. Grudge-What do you sup pose possessed Mrs. Brown to tell me your mother kept a boarding-house, Mrs. Parvenue? Sally Parvenue (who is precocious) Perhaps it was the same reason that made her tell man. ma that your father drove a hack Lite.
 A young man was admiring his young lady's hair. 'What a lovely shade of brown it is. Iwonder what you would call it?'' he said. She smil- ed sweetly and answered, Chestnut. :" The young man left saying, indignant ly, "he didn't mind joke, but did draw the inc at young lady using slang"
 Miss Ethel-Have you seen the new American book of heraldry? Miss Blanche-No; have you? Not yet, but have sent for it; you ought to get one, too, and see if your name is in. '' "That would only be waste of money; I know it is in. It is in every book. "It is?" 'Yes; my name is Smith, you know. 70 OnaahG World.
 Though married to a most charm ing woman, the manager of West end shop is ''mashed'' on a ballerine over the way. Last week he intrusted to the chambermaid the carrying of a billet-doux to his fair inamOrata. '.And remember, Kate, not a word. " ''YOu can rely upon me; sir. In such mat ters I am as discreet as the tomb. Ask missus. ."-LOndOn Paper.
 Mrs Minks-Mercy me! Did you ever? A young girl got delirium tre- mems from chewing tea leaves. MT. Minks-Wen, I hope that will be a warning to you; you drink entirely too much tea. ''Yes, I know I do, but you don't drink any tea, and l really feared you were getting that way the other night Well, I'll have to stop chewing so much coffee. "- Chicago | Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26

-Enoch Carter, of Newburg, N. r., was foremost in advocating the laying out of the Cedar Hill Cemetery, and his was the first funeral therein. w. w. Carson took an active part in the construction of vault in the same cemetery, and his body was the first to be placed therein. George Clark was the chief organizer of the Woodlawn Cemetery Association, and his funeral was the first one within the grounds after they were laid out.-N r. AaH,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
You Should Never Do It.

Talk of your private, personal or family matters in public places.
 Defer to another time what can be done at the present moment.
 Buy what thou hast no use for lest ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
 Allow words to. pass for more than they are worth, but let them be worth all that they will pass for.
 Speak disrespectfully of personal appearance when any one present # known to have personal defects.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-03-26
READING FOR THE YOUNG
COMING OF THE SANDMAN.

He peeps in through the key-hole, And he bobs up at the pane, When scarlet fre-light dances On wall and floor again. Hnshi here he comes-the Sandman, With his dream-cap he is crowned, And grains of Sleep he scatters Going round and round and round While the little ones are holding, going round. He whispers quaintest fancies; With tiny silver thread He sews up sillxen eyelids That ought to be in bed. Each wee head mods acquaintance, He's known wherever found: All stay-up-lates he catches, Going round and round and round With pack of dreams forever going
 round. sec two eyes the brightest; But I'll not tell whose they are They shut up like lily That Sandman can't be farl Somebody grows so quiet Who comes without a sound? He leads one more to dream-land, Going round and round and roundi And goodnight to the Sandman, going
 round.
 -Geo. Cooper ta " r Lndependent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-15
PERSONALS.

Ex-Governor George f. Drew passed
through town yesterday, en- route to
South Florida.
Mr.. James Gordon, of New York, is
spending a few days in Palatka, with
headquarters at the Saratoga Hotel.
s. w. Prichard, editor of the Haines
City Times, was a guest of the Hotel
Phoenix yesterday.
Mr.. Henry Bingham, of New Hamp-
shire, and DIR. r. NJ Goldsmith and p. s.
the Saratoga Hotel.
Capt. Dennis Mahaney. of Sanford.
was in town yesterday, looking after
railroad affairs. He was a guest at the
Hotel Phoenix
MIR. &. +. Waldron. of Welaka, was in
town yesterday. He is one of the most
solid citizens of Putnam county, and we
are always glad to shake his honest hand.
Mrs. j. NJ. Howell and her daughter.
Mrs. j. M. Wilkinson, of Valdosta, Ga.
the mother and sister of Mrs r. H. Bros
well, OF this city. are the guests of the
latter, at her residence on Fourth street.
THE PALATKA News reporter is in
debted to County Clerk Forward and
Sheriff Zehnbar for courtesies shown
him during the present term of the Cir
cult Court. They very kindly furnished
him many items of interest in regard to
the proceedings of the Court.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-15
CITY NOTES.

This beautiful spring weather is the
delight of visitors and the pride of home
folks.
The local fishermen are organizing for
a regular attack on the finny tribe. They
will not carry all the bait in a little
black jug.
The Red Men will hold an important
meeting at their hall on next Tuesday
evening, when every member of the
Order is expected to be present.
C. p. Devereux has a new advertise
ment in another column. offering all
kinds of dry goods at twenty-five per
cent. below his usual prices. He has an
immense stock and is determined to re-
duce it if low prices will do it.
The dry goods stores are doing a rush
ing business on the special bargains they
are now offering. The large amounts of
money paid for fine goods is a pretty
good evidence that times are not near so
hard as they might be.
At. a meeting of st. Marks Parish the
following vestrymen We're elected for the
ensuing year: DIR. q. +. Halves, Senior
Warden and Treasurer; w. III. Parker,
Junior Warden; W.'O. Wolff. Clerk; l.
III. Hilliard, NJ. Haughton. VIM. F. For
ward and X. F. Smith
The schooner City of Baltimore arrived
here yesterday from Baltimore, Md,
with a cargo of coal for the j., T. & X.
w. Railway, the Florida Southern Rail
way, and the South Florida Railroad.
The cargo is being discharged at the j.
T. Il X. w. Railway docks.